Thesis advisor: Charles Stephenson.; "Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History."; Thesis (M.A.)--Central Connecticut State University, 1997.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-54).

In recent years, mathematics instruction has been undergoing a change from a discipline that teaches procedures and skills to a more exploratory style, which creates a constructivist learning environment (Henningsen & Stein, 1997). There is now a...

Jeremiah John Rawlings, Ghanaian air force pilot and populist politician ruled Ghana for almost two decades between 1981 and September of 2000. Rawlings, who began his leadership career as a military ruler, later went on to become a democratically...

"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Student Development in Higher Education."; Thesis advisor: Jane Fried.; M.S.,Central Connecticut State University,,2010.; Includes bibliographical...

American memory describes the homecomings of military personnel from Vietnam as a nation unwilling to support them. Television and movies depict the struggle that American service men and women faced as they found their way back to normalcy. ...

The Palestinian people have been portrayed by the media as homeless, helpless, stateless, or violent terrorists. Rarely have the Palestinians been presented as human beings who have suffered a devastating tragedy, a people who yearn for peace and...

A society's culture is a creation of its history, the result of both real and fabricated events. In the same manner, history plays a significant role in the creation of a corporate culture. Organizations working in a traditional environment rely on...

The following is an abstract of research conducted while writing a thesis entitled "Another Mask of Mexico and Its People Through Jorge Ibargüengoitia's Satirical Prose." Some authors believe the only purpose of satirical writing is to amuse the...

The National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) dictates how almost every facet of China's educational system is administered. As early as primary school, students are forced to become locked in intense competition, battle hordes of examinations,...

In Alfred Chandler's The Visible Hand, written over two decades ago, the author answers a simple question, how best to explain the rise of the modern business in the United States? While regarding new technologies and burgeoning markets as...

Thesis advisor: Lilián Uribe.; "Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts [in Modern Language]."; M.A.,Central Connecticut State University,2000; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-114).

Exiled Uruguayan author Cristina Peri Rossi is considered an outstanding writer of novels, short stories and poetry. She is extremely diverse with regard to the topics with which she chooses to write. While her works vary as far as topic and theme,...

I always found it difficult to describe the experience of being a bilingual and bicultural Puerto Rican living in the United States. Monolingual and monocultural individuals did not share the same experience and usually believed that Puerto...

According to Hancock, Mattox, and Queen (2005) few studies have examined the effects of block scheduling at the middle level. Those that have shown success at the middle level have been unable to narrow down which specific aspects of block...

The goal of this thesis is to trace the development in mathematical theory that led to the proof of the insolvability of the quintic. That is, there does not exist a general formula in radicals for equations of the form [not reproducible-see full...